‘Virtual employees’ could join workforce as soon as this year, OpenAI boss says
Sam Altman says tools that carry out jobs autonomously, known as AI agents, could transform business output
Virtual employees could join workforces this year and transform how companies work, according to the chief executive of OpenAI.
The first artificial intelligence agents may start working for organisations this year, wrote Sam Altman, as AI firms push for uses that generate returns on substantial investment in the technology.
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